(30270) Chemparathy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Augustine George Chemparathy (b. 1997) is a finalist in the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for his plant science project. He attends the Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, California.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-04-04), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chemparathy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chemparathy is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30270 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 HJ51 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.173 |
| Inclination | 3.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.981 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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